Record #:

19463

Author(s):

Gery, Michael E.C.

Abstract:

Gery covers the route taken by General Edward E. Potter and some 800 Union soldiers on a six-day raid in July 1863 from New Bern to Rocky Mount and back, leaving a path of destruction and looted homes and businesses in their wake.

Source:

Carolina Country (NoCar HD 9688 N8 C38x), Vol. 45 Issue 4, Apr 2013, p45-47, il

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Potter's Raid